WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.160 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.919 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.759 Now here's Nick Coffee. 4 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:17.800 I just realized we have back to back game day 5 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:20.559 editions of Coffee and Company. Friday, we were out on 6 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.280 the road at the Alex R. White Lawyers offices. I 7 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.440 mean Alex White's office. I mean technically the company's Alex R. 8 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.920 White Lawyers. To distract driver dot com. But you know, 9 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:30.679 when I'm referring to just him, I think I can 10 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:32.280 just say Alex White and you guys, you guys know 11 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:33.600 what I mean. But we were there Friday for a 12 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.399 game day because obviously Louisville and Boston College for a 13 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:39.280 Friday night game that obviously didn't look good early, but 14 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:42.000 a strong finish and a finish that I hope can 15 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:44.119 really ignite this team in these last four games. 16 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:45.320 And then today it's game Day. 17 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:46.880 It's not a real game, but it's an exhibition, your 18 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.439 second chance to get out and see Pat Kelsey coaching 19 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:52.520 this team again. Not a real game. Spaulding, a Division 20 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.280 III team is likely going to get beat down tonight. 21 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:57.880 And maybe I shouldn't say that, because that sounds like 22 00:00:57.880 --> 00:00:59.799 it's going to be like you know, ugly and embarrassing. 23 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:01.920 You know, that's I think most people go into these 24 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.760 kind of games knowing that the host, right the Division 25 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:08.519 I program usually is going to end up winning by 26 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:10.640 a large margin, and it's just a good experience for 27 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:13.319 everybody involved. You get a chance to if your Louisville 28 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.400 go up against a different team than your own team 29 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:17.200 every day, like you do every day in practice. And 30 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:19.040 then for Spaulding, you know, you get a chance to, 31 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.640 you know, play against a really good team, probably a 32 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.480 team that's going to be insanely better than anybody else 33 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:28.719 should play at that level of basketball throughout the season, 34 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:30.359 and you probably get a good check on the way. 35 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.040 I don't know what it pays to come in and 36 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:36.120 play Louisville basketball on an exhibition, but I'm sure there's 37 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:38.040 some type of a paycheck they're going to get on 38 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.439 the way out. So tonight we will have postgame coverage 39 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.120 as soon as it ends. We'll go live right here 40 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.840 on Sports Talk seven ninety for the Louisville Basketball postgame Show. 41 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.719 Hopefully we can hear from you guys and react to 42 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:49.760 whatever it is that happens. I would imagine we'll be 43 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:53.239 really doing the same postgame show as we did last Monday, 44 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:55.560 which was Wow, that was awesome. This team's fun is 45 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.640 hell to watch. They've got shooters all over the floor, 46 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.560 and I forgot what it was like to watch your 47 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.239 team dominate an exhibition opponent because it's been a while. 48 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.000 I'm sure there'll be some other takeaways from there, and 49 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:07.439 we'll get to this a little bit later on. There 50 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:09.479 are a couple of things that you know, I wouldn't 51 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.120 even say nitpicking, because if you say nitpicking, it actually 52 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.840 is acting like you're being critical. I don't think there's 53 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.680 really anything to take from the first exhibition game, and 54 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.879 probably not tonight either. That's going to be like, hmm, 55 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.520 I noticed this, we must be in really good shape here, 56 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.439 or hmm, this looked a little questionable. Maybe we like 57 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.960 you just don't know. I mean, you could try to 58 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.120 say you're learning some things about your team in these games, 59 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:33.240 but you're not. And it's nobody's fault that that's just 60 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:36.319 the reality of it. But a couple of things that 61 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:38.199 I that I would imagine will be a little different 62 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:39.800 tonight compared to what we saw last week. I'll get 63 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.520 to that coming up a little bit later on. But again, 64 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.319 it's coffee and company, and we are feel about Thornton's 65 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.319 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Don't forget you could 66 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.039 take us with you wherever you go. Listen live on 67 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:50.080 the iHeart Radio app. Listen live at seven ninety Louisville 68 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:52.919 dot com. And if you want to join us on 69 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:55.319 the show, phone lines are open. I just realized I 70 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.719 don't even have my call screener up here, So if 71 00:02:57.719 --> 00:02:59.080 you guys want to give us a call again, five 72 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:01.560 h two five to seven nine hundred again five O 73 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.439 two five seven seventy nine hundred. So a very full 74 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.120 postgame show on Friday night, full lines throughout a lot 75 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.080 of people, you know, kind of and this is what 76 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:15.039 I love about the postgame shows. Whenever you have a 77 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:17.319 you have a game playout, I mean, it's probably not 78 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:18.800 good for the show because I feel like each time 79 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:21.560 we start, I'm kind of just rambling trying to kind 80 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.000 of form my overall opinion on what just happened, because 81 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:28.039 it's so raw and in real time, like you know, 82 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.400 usually what happens is if I'm doing the postgame show 83 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.719 from my house, I watched the final snap and then 84 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.960 I come downstairs and turn on the equipment and we roll. 85 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:40.240 But the first few callers were essentially pleased with the 86 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.960 way they were able to come back and win, and 87 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:45.000 you were feeling good that you avoided what would have 88 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.039 been your first bad loss of the season. But then 89 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:49.680 you know, there's a lot of clear there's issues still 90 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.199 with this team, you know, And they played much better 91 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:56.439 after that twenty to nothing deficiting Clearly they played much 92 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.319 better in the second half. The defense was so much 93 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:00.520 better in the second half, so like all those things 94 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.680 are positives, but then you still see, like, you know, 95 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.120 Tyler Shuck, who's been great all year, he actually for 96 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.960 the first time he made some bone headed decisions that 97 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:09.919 you just aren't used to. And it was like in 98 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:11.599 the first half when they're down twenty to noth and 99 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.280 you got the interception from Shock and then you got 100 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.600 the fumble from Amari Huggins Bruce two veterans, it just 101 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.480 hit me that that's who this team is, and maybe 102 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:20.600 they are like, maybe we'll get to the end of 103 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:22.759 the year and say, yeah, you should expect one of 104 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.600 those types of plays every week, but I'm hopeful that 105 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.240 the way in which they and look, sometimes it's just 106 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:31.279 an other team making a play, or you can chock 107 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:32.639 it up as bad luck, But when you've played as 108 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:34.720 many games as Louisville has this year and you've had 109 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:40.240 this many big mistakes and the way Jeff, I mean, 110 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:42.079 Jeff just called him mistakes when he was talking about 111 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.160 it on the broadcast the other night. But today in 112 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.399 his press conference he mentioned, you know, we keep shooting 113 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:49.000 ourselves in the foot. So look, if you've played eight 114 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.360 games and you've shot yourself on the foot the way 115 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:54.439 Louisville has consistently, Like again, doesn't mean you can't clean 116 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:56.839 it up and fix it, but like, that's your identity, 117 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.079 that's who you are. And they were still bad on 118 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.160 Saturday until towards the end of the game, and there 119 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.680 was one thing that happened late that I got really 120 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.399 really like when he decided to throw And again, it's 121 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.720 one of those things where if Jeff completes that, like, 122 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.120 well he's not playing. So if Shuck was able to 123 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.120 complete that pass too, I think it was Brooks and 124 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:18.319 the ball hit him in his hands decently defended, But like, 125 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.160 I don't think Jeff used it this way, but he 126 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:23.240 could actually sit back and say, look, I called a 127 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.439 play that they weren't expecting third and short. They probably 128 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.360 think we're just gonna run the ball, kill as much 129 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:30.720 clock as we can make them call their last time 130 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.240 out or call another time out of whatever it is. 131 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:37.040 But you know, it didn't work because they dropped the ball. 132 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.680 Like it's just a it's not worth the risk because 133 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:41.560 to be fair, he's right, like he did call a 134 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.600 play that would to work, should have worked had had 135 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.439 Ja Cory Brooks held on the ball. And again, I 136 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.959 think defense was decent there. But like I I was 137 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.319 starting to kind of come around to like, here we go. 138 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.000 They're playing, even though it's not against a great competition, 139 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.720 they're playing some really good football right now, and they're 140 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:01.879 looking like they're I mean, they're bouncing around, they've got 141 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.519 some swagger about themselves. They've got some confidence about themselves 142 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.240 that a way really haven't seen all year. So you know, 143 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.959 as soon as I'm starting to think, okay, like maybe 144 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:10.720 we have turned the corner here if we if we 145 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.879 can hold on and win, and then whenever they decided to, 146 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:15.759 when Jeff decided to throw the ball instead of run 147 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:17.879 it there and it gave Boston College a bunch of 148 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.720 opportunities to potentially break our hearts with you know, a 149 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:22.319 late hill Mary or something. I just you know, it 150 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:23.560 would have been it would have been tough. But at 151 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:26.079 the end, they didn't happen. And I think throughout the 152 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.720 year for Louisville football, the overall result when it comes 153 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:33.199 to the losses, has not been devastating, has not been 154 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.120 oh my god, we we better sound the alarm. We 155 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.759 got big problems here because you know, you're not losing 156 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.519 to bad teams and you have chances late to win. 157 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:45.959 So it's not like the result. Hey, you lost by 158 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.120 a score at Notre Dame, you lost by a score 159 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.800 to Miami, you lost by a score to SMU. Those 160 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.319 aren't like positives, but the overall result, meaning the loss 161 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.439 to those teams and how it and you know how 162 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.600 it played out, nobody's looking at you and thinking, oh man, 163 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.199 that's it embarrassing loss. I mean maybe some people are, 164 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.480 but like, all three of these teams are top twenty 165 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.040 teams right now. So I think we had the same 166 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:09.800 you'll hear me out, I'll make sense and we'll get 167 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:11.439 to the phone calls in just a second. But I 168 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:16.360 think we had a similar scenario on Friday against Boston 169 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.759 College it's just reversed. Meaning yeah, I'm not gonna act 170 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:22.560 like it's the end of the world because you lost 171 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.360 in South Bend by a score. But come on, let's 172 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.879 think about what you had to do to even give 173 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.800 Notre Dame the lead that they had with just snapping 174 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.439 the ball over the punter's head, chuck running for fifty yards, 175 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:38.959 then coughing it up to Corey Brooks balls in his 176 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.639 hands and then he just pops out and they get 177 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.079 an interception. Take it the other way, like, you had 178 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.600 so many crucial mistakes that you feel like you take 179 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.000 just one of those away, Like I felt like we 180 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.240 were gonna be able to say at that point that 181 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:50.759 was the flukey loss. Go back and look at all 182 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:52.319 the mistakes the over may But then again, you know, 183 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:55.000 same thing with Miami and SMU And again, these aren't 184 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.279 terrible losses, but it's the fact that they keep shooting 185 00:07:57.319 --> 00:07:59.879 themselves in the foot that you know, made it so fresh. 186 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.879 Trading the result by beating Boston College where you did 187 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:06.519 not cover the spread, that's not a big result that 188 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.639 we should be super happy about because again, you did 189 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.160 what you're supposed to do. In fact, you didn't and 190 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:12.600 when it comes to those that set the lines you 191 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:14.560 didn't cover. I mean, I don't care about that. I'm 192 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.519 as happy they won. But my point is, like I 193 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:18.319 think the Loisle fans are feeling really good about themselves 194 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.439 right now, or maybe Louisville players, I should say, And 195 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:25.000 I get it. It's because it's not the result itself, 196 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.399 it's everything that came with it. It's everything that transpired. 197 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.039 And I think to be down twenty to nothing and 198 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:36.200 these guys, you know, not quit keep fighting and find 199 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.799 a way to win internally, if they choose, they can 200 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:42.799 really use this as a big piece. It's the foundation 201 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:45.360 piece essentially for you to finish strong this year. Doesn't 202 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.440 mean you can you know, you're guaranteed to go be Clemson. 203 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.039 But like, if this Louisville team stops shooting themselves in 204 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.600 the foot as much as they have this year Jeff 205 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:55.240 Brahm's words myself meaning that's how he describes it, shooting 206 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.559 themselves in the foot, like they would have a better record. 207 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.960 Like because again it sounds crazy, you are what you're 208 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.279 record says you are. But I think this team's good. 209 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:05.720 They just make stupid mistakes at times, and nobody's perfect. 210 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.720 But man, let's not act like Louisville hasn't seemingly made bigger, 211 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.559 bone headed mistakes that have had an impact in how 212 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.440 these things, how some of these games have finished? 213 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:15.799 All right? 214 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.159 Five O two five seven seventy nine hundred is the number. 215 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:19.360 If you want to jump in and give us a call, 216 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:21.240 we'll go to the phone lines now and we will 217 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:24.559 welcome in. Jerry, Jerry, what's happening many? 218 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:31.159 Nick? Last night I watched Duke Arizona State B Darner. 219 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.559 I'm starving for. I'm starving for for games like that, 220 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:39.080 you know, competition D one competition. I don't really understand 221 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:42.879 why the heck we're playing Spaulding. I looked it up. 222 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:45.039 You know, Roger Berkman's not the ad there anymore. I 223 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:46.360 couldn't remember I looked it up. 224 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.480 I forgot about Roger's connection there. Yeah, I totally forgot 225 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:49.919 about that. 226 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:54.320 But the gay that's there now is a U L 227 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.639 grad who's who's done a lot of work with our 228 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:00.639 athletic department. And I don't know who he if. It 229 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:02.799 was a contractor kind of thing, but if you read 230 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:07.679 his bow, he helped out with some NCAA regionals for 231 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:10.840 U of L. YadA, YadA, all that stuff. But I 232 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:16.440 just Spaulding is not considered a strong Division III program. 233 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:19.080 No no, and Jerry so I talked about this at 234 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:21.360 the very beginning of the show because I didn't understan 235 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:24.480 mean Spaulding playing any D three school is rare for 236 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:27.399 a program like Louisville for exhibition games. And I get it, like, 237 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.519 usually you'll play a really good D two team or 238 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:31.960 really good NAI team. But I mean, who would you 239 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.240 want to play like instead of Spaulding, Like I you know, 240 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.120 I think given the circumstances and given the last two 241 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:41.000 exhibition seasons when you played like I kind of get 242 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:42.159 while they're playing them this year. 243 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:47.679 Well, I mean, everybody's playing these exhibition charity games. 244 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.159 I'm jealous though, why we're not. 245 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:53.879 I don't know why we're not playing Cincinnati or Western 246 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:56.799 or whatever. I mean, give me somebody, you know. I mean, 247 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:01.320 I'm starving, you know, I've been waiting two years. I'm 248 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.960 starving for some for good ball. I know what's around 249 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:07.039 the corner. But we're still what two weeks away from 250 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.840 Tennessee yep, okay, and then uh back to Duke for 251 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.559 a second. It's really interesting, you know, I think I 252 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:18.039 think we're gonna be a good shooting team. Uh, it 253 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:21.399 appears Kentucky is too. But then I watched Duke last night, 254 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:23.639 and I don't know what their percentage. They filled it 255 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.879 up many. They got shooters everywhere, So I don't know 256 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.519 if that's a new thing across the country. Uh the word, 257 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:32.279 You're gonna have to have a ton of three point 258 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.159 shooters to get deep in the tournament. But it seems 259 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:38.120 like the games I've watched, everybody's shooting the hell out 260 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.720 of the ball. It's really interesting. I heard Indiana did 261 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.679 not shoot it well yesterday, which doesn't break my heart 262 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:46.799 because I really want to beat them that game, you know, 263 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.799 I mean, Woodson's deep into his tenure, what four or 264 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.679 five years in Kelsey's brand new. I would love to 265 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:56.440 see us paym you know, kick kick them, you know, 266 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.360 I want to. I want to win that game bad. 267 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:02.320 But but anyway, I'm just I'm just down on this 268 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:04.879 faulding game. I just I shake my head at it. 269 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:07.279 You know, I look at it too, like, you know, 270 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:08.799 what what if we what if we come out of 271 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.080 the game a game like that with a dag on injury, 272 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:13.960 you know what, what have we really what have we gained? 273 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.399 And I don't see any game for us at all, 274 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.960 even when you win by fifty or sixty or eighty 275 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:23.480 or whatever. I just think it's a wasted day. In 276 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:26.039 my opinion. I think you'd be better off practicing. 277 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.399 Yep, Jerry, I appreciate the call man. Good to hear 278 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.039 from you. So at the beginning of the show, and 279 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.600 I mentioned how I was kind of getting jealous of 280 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.600 you know, John John got to watch his team. 281 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:37.159 He's a Hoosier. 282 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:39.200 He got to watch Indiana and Tennessee play an exhibition 283 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.360 game last night. And you know, I would love to 284 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.960 see Louisville play maybe who Jerry mentioned, like a Cincinnati 285 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.480 team like that would be cool, just to see where 286 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:48.960 you stand and if you lose, it doesn't really, it 287 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:52.279 doesn't hurt you. But then I thought, you know, let's 288 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:55.799 let's let's consider the circumstances here for Louisville. Let's consider 289 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.840 the fact that you know, you didn't beat exhibition of 290 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:04.480 consistently the last two years. But you know, Jerry and 291 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:06.399 I are a lot alike when it comes to certain things. 292 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:08.600 I don't know if he feels that way, but like, 293 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:11.919 you know, you've got the you got one talking head 294 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:14.519 on one shoulder and the other on the other side, 295 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.279 and one's like the good and the bad. One's the pessimist, 296 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:21.759 one's the optimist. You know, Jerry hits my optimistic or 297 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.159 I'm sorry, my pessimistic side in a major way because 298 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:27.919 like everything he laid out, I totally like agree with. 299 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.399 But then I thought, okay, well, let's be let's be grateful. 300 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.919 Let's be grateful for the fact that we're no longer 301 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:35.639 in a position to where we'd have to worry about 302 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:38.759 losing these games. Now the injury thing. Look, you could 303 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:40.799 look if Louisville played Duke tonight in a in a 304 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.440 charity exhibition game and somebody got hurt, the same Thingking 305 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:45.639 Be said, because it doesn't count no matter who you're playing. 306 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:47.559 These games aren't real. They do not do anything for 307 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:50.320 you as far as you know. Wins and losses, resume record, 308 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.720 that kind of stuff. So the injury thing, like, you 309 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.399 could say that about anything, but you are right, like, 310 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:57.879 I don't know how much you really gain by beating 311 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:59.720 a team like this by fifty or sixty. 312 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:01.200 But you know. 313 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:04.480 It's not put it this way, It's nice that you're 314 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:06.600 gonna have Morehead State before you get to Tennessee, because 315 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:10.759 obviously Morehead State, you know, and that's that's something to 316 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:12.679 you know, to get to next week. And by the way, 317 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:13.919 that game is a week from the day. The actual 318 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:15.559 opener will be a week from the day when Louisville 319 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.559 takes on Morehead State at the UMP Center. Again a 320 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.279 real game then, but Morehead State is going to be 321 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.720 miles and miles better than everybody you have played competitively 322 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.320 up to this point, including the exhibitions in the Bahamas 323 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.559 and these two exhibition opponents here in the last couple 324 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:32.720 of weeks, so you know, you got to be ready 325 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:34.639 to make that big step up. But look, I actually 326 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:36.960 think what Jerry said is not off like you know, 327 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.320 but I have no put it this way. I'm jealous 328 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.159 that that other teams are getting these exhibitions against legitimate 329 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.559 teams that you know, they're getting a chance to early 330 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.039 on see where their team stacks up. However, you know, 331 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.000 as far as these exhibitions that are scheduled but you 332 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.120 know are part of your schedule every year, like you 333 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:53.759 really can't gain a whole lot in any of them. 334 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:57.759 I mean again, like Louisville lost these games last year like, 335 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:02.559 so whoever they bring in in the first year post 336 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:05.200 Kenny Payne, I don't care if they bring in Seneca 337 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.879 High School and let Louisville beat them up, just so 338 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.519 we can finally say we went through too. Because A 339 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:13.360 there's not a D two nai school out there as 340 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:16.399 far as exhibition that you would say, Okay, that's a 341 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.600 good tune up for us. It would have to be 342 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:19.720 one of these charity exhibitions. And I don't know why 343 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:21.639 Louisville isn't in one. But if they ever do want 344 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:24.799 to take part of these moving forward, I think it'd 345 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.200 be awesome. The more basketball we get around here, the 346 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:30.000 happier we are. All right, let's go to Dave. Dave, 347 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:31.919 you are on Sports Talk seven ninety. How we doing 348 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:32.639 this afternoon, sir? 349 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:36.519 Oh? Pretty good. I enjoyed the game Friday night. But 350 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.120 it's like you said, I agree with you. I think 351 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:42.120 you el is pretty good, except for it seems like 352 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:46.639 every game they make at least one mistake. That's just 353 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.840 just the bofle Now. Just about every game app scene 354 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:55.960 this year, the receivers from the other team are wide open. 355 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.879 The guy on the telecast Friday night lost to college 356 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:04.960 who is it where? Yeah, Andre Ware, Yeah, how many 357 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:09.240 busted coverage are you? You know who's alis? I think 358 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.720 is coaching these guys? Do they just not know what 359 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:15.879 to do? Or is he just giving him bad instruction 360 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:20.039 matters because before the seasons, Dirty Place was bragging a man, 361 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.200 how great that cornerbacks was, Well you have to see that. 362 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.799 Yeah, and Dave, I think these players obviously have to 363 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.720 be held accountable as well. But I think when you 364 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.440 come out of like a time out and somebody's just 365 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.399 you know, ends up getting wide open and it's like 366 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.240 a busted play from your defense, Like I know, it's 367 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:39.639 everybody top down that's got to be held accountable. But 368 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:42.120 I think that screams you're not being coached correctly, Like 369 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:43.480 that's not that Hey, what are you going to do? 370 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.759 Boston College had a receiver that could just go make 371 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:47.919 a play on you, Like, No, you're putting these guys 372 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:49.279 out there and they don't know what the hell they're doing. 373 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:51.080 And at the end of the day, that's on your 374 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:53.360 that's you. That's your job as the defensive coordinator to 375 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:55.759 make sure that they know what the plan is and 376 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.559 they execute. Now, if they get out there and they 377 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.679 don't make plays and they're in the position to do so, 378 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.559 then it's more so on them. But yeah, I mean 379 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:03.799 the defense finished strong. But yes, you're right. I mean 380 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.960 the two scores the Boston College have you're thinking, like, 381 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:07.200 how in the world does that happen? 382 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:13.960 Yeah? Yeah, And now the thing is the blocking by 383 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.680 the offensive line on on the run game is not 384 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:21.119 bad at all, but it's just the past protection. I mean, 385 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.440 we you know, like Boston College. I don't think their 386 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.119 defensive front four is all a great but still, I 387 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.759 mean they were getting pressure on our quarterback the whole night. 388 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.279 I mean, our guys just don't seem to block very well. 389 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:36.480 Yeah. 390 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:39.359 And again, and I appreciate the call David all circles 391 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:42.920 back to they just haven't they haven't really put it 392 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.960 all together yet. They they've not really been in sync 393 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:48.440 this year. And I think it started to come together 394 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.000 towards the end of that game against Boston College. And 395 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.640 you know, I mean Boston College scored on the first 396 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:58.480 drive after halftime, and when you're down twenty to nothing, 397 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:01.039 that alone, I mean that's it's like, man, it's gonna 398 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.039 be tough for you to come back. I mean I 399 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.480 thought that there was really no chance they could win. 400 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.640 Not just because like, hey, Boston College is so good 401 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.319